Kansas State University - Royal Purple Yearbook (Manhattan, KS)

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B B H xmK . S I - continued from page 3 Others became involved with department programs and realized K-State ' s influences as they used college connections to student organizations while pursuing a degree and stayed for pursue professional employment and married the Wildcat of their decades in a professional capacity. dreams. Former students improved the college experience for Incoming students had the opportunity to leave their marks active students through alumni events and donations, on K-State through involvement in greek organizations, student Although students carved out unique niches through various intersection

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: 5 m. After a long week of recruitment events, Erin Engelland, senior in family studies and human services, celebrates with new member Claire Anderson, freshman in business administration, while new members made their way to the Kappa Kappa Gamma house Aug. 18. More than 500 women participated in the recruitment process in hopes of becoming a member ofone of 11 sororities. - istopher Hanewinckel As the sun sets on Poyntz Avenue, Tiffany Hands, freshman in communication sciences and disorders, and Dave Plumb, senior in psychology, walk through crowds at the annual Purple Power Play on Poyntz, Sept. 2. Hands and Plumb, members of the Big Cats, attended the event to help get fans ready for the football team ' s home opener against Florida International. Christopher Ha rrewinckel Continuing six years of broken enrollment records, K-State welcomed 23,182 students in the fall, only a slight increase from the 2004 record. The increase was largely due to an influx of students enrolled in online courses, with the campus population decreasing The enrollment numbers bridged the constantly expanding K-State community with a future of dwindling enrollment at Kansas high schools. K-State was a transitional point in students ' lives as they focused their energies on classes - whether it was one online course or the 11th semester of traditional undergraduate studies. Some students escaping the devestation of Hurricane Katrina came fo campus to finish a degree. continued on page 4 intersection

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